Cancer Prevention News

Bisphosphonate use among women with a history of ductal carcinoma in situ appeared associated with lower risk for subsequent invasive breast cancer, according to study results published in Cancer Research.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that supplementation with vitamin E provides no benefit and the harms of beta-carotene supplementation outweigh any benefits for the prevention of CVD and cancer.

Self-reported HPV vaccination rates among young men and women aged 18 to 21 years were “low” but rose over time, researchers wrote.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States last year, state and local governments mandated shelter-in-place orders, which upended the practice of medicine.

American Cancer Society has named Karen Knudsen, MBA, PhD, as its first female CEO, the organization announced in a press release.

Reducing the cancer mortality rate by 4% per year through 2026 would cut the rate to half of its all-time peak, NCI Director Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, told attendees of the virtual American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

A risk prediction model for lung cancer calculated scores that did not align with diagnoses in African American patients, according to results of a cross-sectional study.

Working night shifts may interfere with natural 24-hour rhythms in the activity of certain genes related to cancer, leading to increased cancer risk, according to a study published in the Journal of Pineal Research.

When it comes to federally funded research, Black patients continue to participate in clinical trials less frequently than their white counterparts.

An exhaled breath test that uses high-pressure photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry accurately identified patients with lung cancer, according to recent data in JAMA Network Open.